In Motion: Uranus and Moons
What’s that moving across the sky?A planet just a bit too faint to see with the unaided eye: Uranus.The gas giant out past Saturn was tracked earlier this month near opposition – when it was closest to Earth and at its brightest.The featured video captured by the Bayfordbury Observatory in Hertfordshire, UK is a four-hour time-lapse showing Uranus with its four largest moons in tow: Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Ariel.
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